the Form of Beauty
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The Form of Beauty is Plato’s eternal, unchanging, and perfect archetype of beauty itself, which all beautiful things imperfectly imitate and which the soul ultimately seeks to contemplate.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Form of Beauty | 1 |
| the Form of Beauty canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T583350 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the Form of Beauty Context triple: [Plato's Symposium, relatedConcept, the Form of Beauty]
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A.
Galatea of the Spheres
Galatea of the Spheres is a 1952 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a fragmented, spherical representation of his wife Gala, reflecting his fascination with nuclear physics and mysticism.
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B.
Fiat Lux
Fiat Lux is a Latin phrase meaning "Let there be light," used as the inspirational motto of the University of California, Berkeley.
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C.
The Dance
The Dance is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a circle of nude figures dancing against a vivid, simplified landscape, exemplifying his bold use of color and form in Fauvism.
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D.
The Pleased
The Pleased was an indie rock band from San Francisco known for featuring harpist-singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom as a member early in her career.
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E.
Metamorphosis of Narcissus
Metamorphosis of Narcissus is a 1937 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts the myth of Narcissus through a double image transforming a human figure into a hand holding an egg.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the Form of Beauty Target entity description: The Form of Beauty is Plato’s eternal, unchanging, and perfect archetype of beauty itself, which all beautiful things imperfectly imitate and which the soul ultimately seeks to contemplate.
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A.
Galatea of the Spheres
Galatea of the Spheres is a 1952 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a fragmented, spherical representation of his wife Gala, reflecting his fascination with nuclear physics and mysticism.
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B.
Fiat Lux
Fiat Lux is a Latin phrase meaning "Let there be light," used as the inspirational motto of the University of California, Berkeley.
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C.
The Dance
The Dance is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a circle of nude figures dancing against a vivid, simplified landscape, exemplifying his bold use of color and form in Fauvism.
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D.
The Pleased
The Pleased was an indie rock band from San Francisco known for featuring harpist-singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom as a member early in her career.
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E.
Metamorphosis of Narcissus
Metamorphosis of Narcissus is a 1937 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts the myth of Narcissus through a double image transforming a human figure into a hand holding an egg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Platonic Form
ⓘ
abstract object ⓘ metaphysical entity ⓘ object of contemplation ⓘ universal ⓘ |
| cannotBeKnownBy | senses ⓘ |
| contemplationLeadsTo |
purification of the soul
ⓘ
spiritual fulfillment ⓘ |
| describedBy | Plato ⓘ |
| discussedIn |
Phaedrus
ⓘ
Republic ⓘ Συμπόσιον ⓘ
surface form:
Symposium
|
| distinguishedFrom |
opinions about beauty
ⓘ
particular beautiful things ⓘ |
| existsIn | intelligible realm ⓘ |
| grounds | objective standards of beauty ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
eternal
ⓘ
intelligible ⓘ necessary ⓘ non-sensible ⓘ objective ⓘ perfect ⓘ self-identical ⓘ simple ⓘ the same in all times and places ⓘ transcendent ⓘ uncaused ⓘ unchanging ⓘ unique ⓘ |
| isArchetypeOf |
all beautiful things
ⓘ
beauty ⓘ |
| isCauseOf |
beauty in sensible things
ⓘ
the beauty of particular beautiful objects ⓘ |
| isGoalOf |
the lover of wisdom
ⓘ
the philosophical lover of beauty ⓘ |
| isImitatedBy |
beautiful bodies
ⓘ
beautiful kinds of knowledge ⓘ beautiful laws and institutions ⓘ beautiful sensible things ⓘ beautiful souls ⓘ |
| isInferiorTo |
the Good (Form of the Good)
ⓘ
surface form:
Form of the Good
|
| isObjectOf |
dialectical ascent
ⓘ
erotic ascent in the Symposium ⓘ philosophical contemplation ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
the Good (Form of the Good)
ⓘ
surface form:
Form of the Good
|
| isSimilarTo | other Platonic Forms ⓘ |
| isSoughtBy |
erotic soul in Platonic love
ⓘ
philosophical soul ⓘ |
| knownBy |
intellect
ⓘ
rational soul ⓘ |
| partOf |
Renaissance Platonism
ⓘ
surface form:
Platonic aesthetics
Platonic metaphysics ⓘ Platonism ⓘ
surface form:
Platonic theory of Forms
|
| provides | criterion for judging beauty ⓘ |
| transcends |
space
ⓘ
time ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: the Form of Beauty Description of subject: The Form of Beauty is Plato’s eternal, unchanging, and perfect archetype of beauty itself, which all beautiful things imperfectly imitate and which the soul ultimately seeks to contemplate.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Form of Beauty